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Zaky® Infant Pillow:
The Zaky is an ergonomic infant pillow designed by a mom to mimic the size, weight, touch, and feel of her hand and forearm to help her baby with comfort, support, protection, and development. The Zaky can help calm your baby and help your baby sleep better through the night.
I don’t know about [...]

If I didn’t have children I’d probably be staring at a computer monitor all day. Instead, here’s what I did this weekend:

Went on a three hour motorcycle ride with my wife to Amherst, taking the long way through Dorchester and Sackville (on that map, we took the yellow rural route on the left of [...]

The One Question I.Q. Test:
If you got this wrong, perhaps it’s time to pack up your things, turn off your computer and call it a day.
Read the question carefully before scrolling down for the answer.
I’m gonna clean the garage now.

This has been circulating across the blogsphere lately: ‘Breast’ Cover Gets Mixed Reaction
“I was SHOCKED to see a giant breast on the cover of your magazine,” one person wrote.
These readers weren’t complaining about a sexually explicit cover, but rather one of a baby nursing, on a wholesome parenting magazine — yet another sign that Americans [...]

Google Talk was released almost a year ago as an alternative to Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, and many other instant messaging software available.
The major features I like about Google Talk are:

Its interface isn’t busy and cluttered, unlike Yahoo’s mess.
Its integration with Google’s Gmail is convenient: it saves chat conversations in your gmail account, so [...]

These aren’t really reviews; more like quick, unsubstantiated opinions of some new books, movies and music that have come my way in the past few months, beginning with…
BOOKS Paul Auster’s Oracle Night and The Brooklyn Follies. I’ve already forgotten the plot of each of these novels; the characters and the stories left no impression on [...]

Quebec bar owner fined for refusing black customers:
A Montreal-area bar has been fined $25,000 for refusing to serve black customers.
“The first time we asked for a drink the manager told us, ‘We cannot serve you.’ I say ‘Why?’ and he says, ‘That’s our policy. No black people inside.’ “
Alarie, a Caucasian, disguised himself as a [...]

AbsurdlyCool Freebie Finder:
Freebie Finder is an automated free stuff aggregator. I’ve designed it to collect free stuff offers from top freebie sites, while filtering out most scams and referral pyramids. Your feedback on freebies is used to improve the listings.
Offers for free samples and products are posted daily, classified by category and whether they’re available [...]

The blog this much is true lists their bathroom reading material, which includes Reader’s Digests. That’s the only one common on my list:

Some of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series, which I’ve posted about before.
A Cecil Adams’ Straight Dope book.
100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories.
The Summing Up by W. Somerset Maugham.

Other things to do while [...]

Travelling to Newfoundland is a pain in the arse: flying costs too much if you want to take your family (plus you’ll need to rent a car), and driving requires a long ferry ride or a long car ride (if you’re traveling to the east of the island).
My wife’s family is having a family reunion [...]

Tags: newfoundland, traveling

The Impromptu Planned Renegade Summer 2006 Concert with Danny Schmidt, Esther Golton, and Larry Zarella (who has a new CD coming out this week) will happen on Whole Wheat Radio, Friday Saturday, July 28th 29th at 12:30am (Newfoundland Time). People will start showing up around 11:30pm — Friday night.
Donations of $10 to $15 will all [...]

First hat tossed into ring; Farmers’ Market manager to run for city council:
Tom Pink has kicked off the race for Owen Sound city council with an entry motivated by curiosity and an interest to serve the city.
Pink, 38, said since he has the luxury of time to spend considering the city’s business, he wants to [...]

A slideshow of the pretty things growing in my backyard.

I directed my first short film on April 9th, 2006. It’s called I Want It All. My girlfriend, Jenny Higgins, wrote the script. The final sound mix and colour correction were completed this week. It’s done. Tomorrow it’s going to play at a film festival. I’m tired.
There’s now a brand-new website dedicated to the all [...]

I met with a personal exercise trainer today as part of my membership in the YMCA. Here’s the exercise program they gave me. The trainer said the weight is on the cautious side, and I can up-it if I feel it’s inadequate. I only learned how to use the computerized equipment today; [...]